Societal Grand Challenges: The Future of Urbanism
Hosted by the School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation
Panelist Abstracts Panelist Presentations
The MAPP+D 2019 Strategic Plan
Forum outline:
Welcome and keynote, presentations, Q&A, networking.
1:00 pm Welcome and Opening Remarks
Dean Dawn Jourdan and Associate Dean for Research Gerrit Knaap
1:10 pm Keynote: Future of Urbanism – A socio-technical perspective
Keynote: Deacon Wardlow, Vantage LED USA
Keynote speaker, Deacon Wardlow, is Continuous Improvement Manager & Innovationista at Vantage LED, as well as Co-Director of Spectacular Media, Founder of FiSimply Consulting, and an avid speaker, author, and futurist often tasked with delivering information on new and emergent technology and its effect on various industries. He helps simply address complex issues with revolutionary solutions.
1:30 pm First Set: One-frame/Five-minute (1:5) Research Presentations ~ 5
Presenters will take one slide and five minutes to highlight a past or current research/creative practice/scholarly project that relates to Urbanism.
1. Matthew Bell, FAIA, Professor, Architecture Program
Equity and Urban Form
2. Jeremy Wells, Associate Professor, Historic Preservation Program
Interim Director, Historic Preservation Program
Managing the Magic of Urban Places: An Unauthorized Discourse on Built Heritage Conservation
3. Jennifer Egan, Program Manager, Environmental Finance Center,
Environmental Economics & Conservation Finance
Community-Centered Natural Resource Benefits: Mispillion Watershed, Delaware
4. Willow Lung-Amam, Associate Professor, Urban Studies and Planning Program
with graduate students Nohely Alvarez and Bi’Anncha Andrews
SBAN: Small Business Anti-Displacement Network
5. Ming Hu, AIA, NCARB, LEED AP, Associate Professor, Architecture Program
Build Smarter: Built4Climate, Built4Health, Built2Last
2:00 pm Q&A for Set I presenters
2:15 pm 15-minute break
2:30 pm Second Set: One-frame/Five-minute (1:5) Research Presentations ~ 6
6. Ronit Eisenbach, Professor, Architecture Program
Director, Maryland Creative Placemaking Collaborative; Kibel Gallery Chair;
Affiliated Research Faculty: National Center for Smart Growth Research and Education;
School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies
Learning Landscapes: Public Space & The Digital Window
7. James Tilghman, AIA, Associate Clinical Professor, Architecture Program
Aerotropolis 5.0: Vertical Communities: Emerging Spatial paradigms for a New Urban Mobility
8. Joseph Williams, Assistant Professor, Architecture Program
Parametric Modeling for the Preservation/Recovery of Architectural and Urban Design Techniques
9. Chengri Ding, Professor, Urban Studies and Planning Program
Urbanization and Megacities in New Millennium: Challenges and Opportunities
10. Marccus Hendricks, Assistant Professor, Urban Studies and Planning Program
Director at SIRJ Lab; Affiliated Research Faculty: Clark School of Engineering's Center for Disaster Resilience; National Center for Smart Growth Research and Education; Environmental Finance Center
The Future of Urbanism and the Multidimensionality of the Digital Age: Sensing, Citizen Science, and Virtual Auditing Toward Infrastructure Resilience and Justice
11. Sheila Somashekhar, National Center for Smart Growth Research and Education
Director of the Purple Line Corridor Coalition
Purple Line Corridor Coalition Work
3:10 pm Q&A for Set 2 presenters
3:25 pm Networking in Break Out Rooms (random)
All – please share a journal/conference citation or creative work link
3:50 pm Back to main room; wrap-up
4:00 pm Adjourn